The mercurial leader, however, lost by 1956 votes in Nandigram to former protege-turned-BJP adversary Suvendu Adhikari. The TMC won 208 seats and is leading in five more polling 47.94 per cent votes till 3.30 am, while the BJP clinched 76 seats and is leading in one, bagging 38.13 per cent votes. Elections were held in 292 constituencies of the 294- member assembly. Polling was countermanded in two constituencies after candidates fell victim to a raging COVID-19 pandemic. It s a victory for Bengal s people.it s Banglar joy (Bengal s victory), Banerjee told TMC workers, while her party approached the Election Commission with demand to order recounting of votes in Nandigram which was rejected.
Didi’s social welfare largesse, ‘lone warrior’ image among women and base among the poor and minorities saw the Trinamool Congress cut challenger BJP to size.
Mamata keeps BJP at bay in West Bengal
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Banerjee, however, lost the prestige battle in Nandigram by a slender margin, according to a late night update on Election Commission website, though her party improved the 2016 winning record of 211 seats, and in the process, halted the BJP’s big eastward push.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Banerjee and promised the Centre’s full support in combatting Covid-19.
Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress routed the BJP in a high stakes battle for West Bengal, retaining the state by two-thirds majority on Sunday in a round of state elections which saw anti-BJP regional parties emerge stronger at the hustings. The Congress, meanwhile, further lost ground in Kerala and Assam.
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Mamata Banerjee, till now recognised as an important regional leader, has emerged as the most important leader, towering above all Opposition faces in India. The defining image of the 2021 West Bengal assembly election was one of Mamata Banerjee campaigning in a wheelchair against the might of Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is now that her March letter to 15 Opposition leaders in the country calling them to form a united front against the Bharatiya Janata Party at the national level takes on greater significance.
Didi tramples BJP in West Bengal
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Banerjee, while accepting the verdict of the people, intends to move the courts against the Election Commission over Nandigram results
TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign during interaction with media after trends show her party s wins in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (PTI)
New Delhi: Rejecting saffron, West Bengal has turned green yet again.
It was a nail-biting start as the BJP and Trinamul Congress moved neck and neck towards the finishing line as the counting began for the West Bengal elections early on Sunday morning. But by 10 am, the Trinamul Congress led by its firebrand chief Mamata Banerjee had dashed past by trampling all over the so-called formidable lotus brigade.